Author Archives: madmarv

About madmarv

Civil Engineer, CAD Geek, podcast junkie and amateur photographer.

200W Laser Bazooka

Found this thru Geeks are Sexy. This kid is crazy and assembled a 200W laser out of scrap metal, broken DLP projectors and batteries.

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Fan re-cut Ghostbusters trailer

Should we be worried that a fancut of the trailer is so much better than the official trailer? Official Trailer

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LEGO Star Wars game trailer

I thought that Episode 7 was OK. A lot of that may have been the expectations that were built in to the trailers leading up to opening weekend. Now if the trailers were structured like this, I think I would … Continue reading

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Jackie Chan on Comedy and Action

Found this on Fstoppers. The video goes into what makes Jackie Chan’s Hong Kong produced work more memorable and engaging than his Hollywood productions and US film making in general.

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Tetris – Player Piano

Awesomely cool little tribute to everyone’s packrat-aholic distraction game. Love the way they put the pinball machine into the body of the piano. Reminds me a lot of the Piano Guys.

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Real-Life Farnsworth Cosplay

When I heard the name of the guy that was used to cast the mold for the mask I just knew we had to share this video. 6 different prosthetic pieces and 3 hours in the makeup chair went into … Continue reading

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Win95 on a Smart Watch

Because “Hello World!” isn’t cool anymore, but a teeny, tiny Windows logo says U R 1337!.

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Jenga – As Played by Caterpillar

It’s impressive to see a life size game of Jenga. The skill it took to place the 600 lb blocks was amazing. Wish I could play.

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Game of Thrones Medley

This medley of pop music is worth watching even if, like me, you can’t stand a lot of pop music.

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Making Water Flow Uphill

Now you know this will only encourage scientists to make even crazier stunts. I imagine someone is going to make an Escher Waterfall next.

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